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Rockwell Automation 6180P-xxxx Integrated Display Computers with Keypad User Manual User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 6180P-UM001C-EN-P - February 2014

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Upgrade to a New BIOS

Appendix C

Upgrade the BIOS from an
External Floppy Disk Drive

Follow these steps to upgrade the BIOS in your computer from an external floppy
disk drive.

1. Attach an external floppy disk drive to your computer.

2. Follow

step 1

through

step 6

in

Upgrade the BIOS from the CD Drive

starting on

page 59

before proceeding to

step 3

in this section.

3. Open the downloaded file to locate and extract the executable (*.exe) file.

4. Run the extracted executable file and then write that file to a floppy disk

inserted in the external floppy disk drive.

This creates a BIOS upgrade floppy disk that you can use to start your
computer.

5. With the BIOS upgrade disk in the external floppy disk drive, restart the

computer.

6. During POST, press F2 to access the BIOS set-up utility.

7. Navigate through the BIOS set-up utility to where you can select the

floppy disk drive as your boot source.

8. Save your change and exit the BIOS set-up utility.

9. Follow the directions that appear on the display to properly upgrade the BIOS.

TIP

Use the arrow keys on a keyboard to navigate between BIOS menus
and menu selections.